Forces and binding in a two-mirror system

Amit Mizrahi; Levi Schächter

doi:10.1117/12.699997

9 February 2007 Forces and binding in a two-mirror system

Amit Mizrahi, Levi Schächter

Proceedings Volume 6483, Complex Light and Optical Forces; 648303 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699997
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2007, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Two mirrors guiding light experience attractive or repulsive forces according to the eigenmode type of symmetry, but regardless of the specific details of the guiding structure. A transverse evanescent mode (TM or TE) that has an anti-symmetric transverse field causes repulsion, while attraction occurs when the mode has a symmetric transverse field. Transverse propagating modes, however, are always repulsive. One possible application for this phenomenon is to use a symmetric mode supported, for instance, by two properly designed Bragg mirrors. By varying the wavelength of the mode injected into the waveguide, it is possible to cross the light-line and switch between attraction and repulsion. If the mirror is free to move in the transverse direction, then this is a scheme for controlling its motion. Another possibility is to create a stable equilibrium with a superposition of transverse evanescent symmetric and anti-symmetric modes. For this purpose, a more appealing configuration than Bragg mirrors is a waveguide that consists of two dielectric slabs where the light is guided by total internal reflection. Each slab is trapped in a potential well resulting in optical binding by eigenmodes.

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Amit Mizrahi and Levi Schächter "Forces and binding in a two-mirror system", Proc. SPIE 6483, Complex Light and Optical Forces, 648303 (9 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.699997

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